Eric Velasquez Books
!Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines
By Dean Robbins Illustrated By Eric Velasquez
New York City’s desegregated Palladium Ballroom springs to life with a diverse 1940s cast in this jazzy picture-book tribute to the history of mambo and Latin jazz.Millie danced to jazz in he...
Read MoreSchomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
By Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated By Eric Velasquez
In luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children’s literature’s top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg’s quest to correct history.Where is our historian to...
Read MoreSchomburg: El hombre que creo una biblioteca
By Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated By Eric Velasquez
“A must-read for a deeper understanding of a well-connected genius who enriched the cultural road map for African Americans and books about them.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review...
Read MoreOutspoken: Paul Robeson, Ahead of His Time
By Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated By Eric Velasquez
Newbery Honoree Carole Boston Weatherford and award-winning illustrator Eric Velasquez—the team behind Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library—reunite to take full measure of an iconic p...
Read More!Mambo mucho mambo! El baile que atraveso la barrera del color
By Dean Robbins Illustrated By Eric Velasquez
New York City’s desegregated Palladium Ballroom springs to life with a diverse 1940s cast in this jazzy picture-book tribute to the history of mambo and Latin jazz.Era la década de 194...
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